Where does “Jungsteinzeit” come from?
Jungsteinzeit (German) comes from German Steinzeit, from German Steinzeitalter, from German Zeitalter, from German alter, from German Alt, from Middle High German alt, from Old High German alt, from Proto-West Germanic ald — to grow, nourish.
Jungsteinzeit (German): New Stone Age, Neolithic
Definitions
- New Stone Age, Neolithic
Ancestry of “Jungsteinzeit”, step by step
Jungsteinzeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Steinzeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Steinzeit | Stone Age |
| 2 | German | Steinzeitalter | stone age |
| 3 | German | Zeitalter | age; era |
| 4 | German | alter | age, old age |
| 5 | German | Alt | alto; A type of beer, typical to the Rhineland... |
| 6 | Middle High German | alt | — |
| 7 | Old High German | alt | old |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
via German jung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | jung | young |
| 2 | German | Junge | boy; jack; inflection of Junges: ## strong... |
| 3 | Middle High German | jung | young |
| 4 | Old High German | jung | young |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | jung | young |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | jungaz | young |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | juwungaz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yuwn̥kós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂yuh₁en- | young |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |